ossify
v
(pt, pp -fied) [I, Tn esp passive 尤用於被动语态]
(fml 文)
1 (cause sth to) become hard like bone; change into bone (使某物)骨化; 变成骨.
2 (fml derog 文, 贬) (cause sth to) become rigid and unable to change (使某事物)僵化, 不能更动
Beliefs have ossified into rigid dogma. 信仰已僵化为不可更动的教条.